OBIT: Ira F. EMERICK, 1985, native of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by John C. Oester. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ IRA F. EMERICK Ira F. Emerick, 78, died Tuesday, July 2, 1985, at Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, Md. Born in Fairhope, March 20, 1907, he was a son of the late Oliver Emerick and M. Rebecca (Clitz) Emerick. Mr. Emerick was a retired laborer. He is survived by his widow, the former Carrie Ellen Emerick; four sons, Francis Emerick, RD 1; Homer Emerick and Roger Emerick, both of Mount Pleasant RD 5; Dewey Emerick, Hyndman RD 1; three daughters, Mrs. Maretta Mayhew, Cumberland Md.; Mrs. Minnie Lightcap, Shepherdstown, W.Va.; Mrs. Janet Musgrove, Mount Pleasant RD 5; 27 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren; one brother, Alvie Emerick, Fairhope, and a sister, Mrs. Ceceli. Friends were received at the Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral Home, Hyndman. Services were conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Leroy Logsdon. Interment in Mount Zion Cemeterya Kline, Hyndman RD 1. The Republic, July 11, 1985 [E201]